254th Medical Regiment


254 Medical Regiment, Royal Army Medical Corps, is a regiment of the British Army Reserve. The regiment, based in East Anglia, is part of the Army Medical Services and specialises in providing pre-hospital care.

History

The regiment was formed in Cambridge in 1983 as 254th Field Ambulance, RAMC . In 1999 it was re-organised with detachments at Norwich, Hitchin and Cambridge. It became 254th Divisional General Support Medical Regiment, RAMC in 2006. By then it was based at Cherry Hinton and had detachments at Norwich, Hitchin and Colchester.

Role

The Regiment's role is to train and provide officers and soldiers to support the Regular Army at home and abroad on military operations. The regiment specialises in providing pre-hospital medicine. The regiment recruits combat medical technicians, doctors, nurses, paramedics, drivers, chefs and military clerks from all walks of life and trains all individuals to the high standards required by the Army.

Structure

The Regiment has units at the following locations: